I never shall love you." "Unless you have some other lover, Charlotte, I shall dare to hope"-- "I have a lover." "Oh!" "And I am frank with you because it is best.

I trust you will respect my candor." He only bowed.

Indeed, he found speech impossible.

Never before had Charlotte looked so lovely and so desirable to him.

He felt her positive rejection very keenly.
"Sophia is coming.